Terri Crawford Hansen facts for kids

Terri Crawford Hansen, born in 1953, is a journalist who writes mainly about environmental and science topics. She focuses on how these issues affect Native American tribes and Indigenous communities around the world. Terri is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. She writes for YES! Magazine and Indian Country Today, and her work also appears in many other news places like Earth Island Journal and VICE News. She also runs an online news project called Mother Earth Journal.

Learning and Achievements

Terri Crawford Hansen studied at Portland State University while working at The Oregonian newspaper. She retired from The Oregonian in 1992.

She has received several special fellowships, which are like grants or scholarships for experienced professionals. For example, in 2014, she was chosen as a Diverse Scholar Fellow by the National Association of Science Writers. That same year, she was also a Fellow of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

In 2010, she was a Climate Media Fellow with the Earth Journalism Network. This allowed her to report on a big United Nations Climate Summit (COP16) from Cancun, Mexico. She also received fellowships from the National Press Foundation in 2009 and from the Association of Health Care Journalists in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, she received money from the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples to report on another UN Climate Summit (COP15) from Copenhagen, Denmark. She was also a journalism grant recipient in 2008 and a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Journalists in 1994.

Books She Helped Write

Terri Crawford Hansen has helped write two books:

• Water in the 21st Century West, published by Oregon State University Press in 2008.
• The Encyclopedia of North American Indians, published by Marshall Cavendish Reference Books in 1997.

Groups She Belongs To

Terri is a member of several important journalism and writing groups. These include:

• Investigative Reporters and Editors
• Association of Health Care Journalists
• Native American Journalists Association
• Earth Journalism Network
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers

As a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, she joined other journalists in asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make it easier for the public to get health information.

Her Life Story

Terri Crawford Hansen was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Today, she lives on Whidbey Island, Washington. She has one daughter named Danielle Hansen.

Awards She Has Won

Terri Crawford Hansen has received many awards for her excellent journalism, especially for her environmental reporting:

• Native American Journalists Association 2018 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: First Place for Beat Reporting on the Environment.
• Native American Journalists Association 2018 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: Second Place for Best Environmental Coverage.
• Native American Journalists Association 2017 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: First Place for "Best Environmental Coverage" in a daily/weekly publication.
• Native American Journalists Association 2014 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: Second Place for "Best Environmental News Story" for her article "Wisconsin ignored findings of scientists to rewrite mining laws" in Indian Country Today Media Network.
• Native American Journalists Association 2013 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: Second Place for "Best Environmental News Story" for "Toxics in Every Glass" in Indian Country Today Media Network.
• Native American Journalists Association 2011 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily/weekly for Indian Country Today Media Network.
• Native American Journalists Association 2011 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Feature Story" in a monthly for High Country News.
• Native American Journalists Association 2010 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Environmental Story" in a daily/weekly for Indian Country Today Media Network.
• Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best News Story" in a monthly for High Country News.
• Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily/weekly for Indian Country Today.
• The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers: Writer of the Year, Prose in 1996 and 1997.
• Native American Journalists Association 1997 Media Awards: "Honorable Mention, Best News Story".
• The Oregonian Publisher’s Award of Excellence in 1990.